The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 20, 2022

Jon is the Director of Pricing Strategy & Analytics at Loadsmart , a freight technology company that is removing the barriers between shippers and carriers so freight can move in the most efficient, transparent and automated way. Jon Payne and Joe Lynch discuss truckload pricing dynamics. About Jon Payne.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2022

Blue Yonder recognized the need to transform into a Partner First organization as part of its core growth strategy. I talked with Umar Ausaf – Blue Yonder’s General Manager for North America Partner Success and Bill Beecher – VP for Global Alliances at Blue Yonder – about this change to their strategy. The transition is not easy.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MAY 9, 2023

The need for a national port strategy in any country remains a topic of debate, as its necessity largely hinges on the government’s goals and objectives, as well as the potential advantages and disadvantages such a strategy might offer.

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Logistics in War

MAY 2, 2024

By David Beaumont On 17 April 2024, Defence’s Integrated Investment Plan was published as a companion to Australia’s National Defence Strategy. [1] 2] This is the largest, single-hit, planned investment in Defence’s logistics capability and capacity since the Second World War. Before this time, the situation was grim.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2024

His proven ability to distill complexity into easy-to-understand execution is at the heart of an innovative approach to talent development and team-building strategies. Highway provides brokers with comprehensive data on carrier equipment to supercharge their capacity sourcing and vetting efforts.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Brad serves as the Senior Director of Customer Strategy at Emerge , the leading freight procurement platform. The world’s largest shippers and capacity providers use the Emerge Freight Procurement Platform daily, showing immediate ROI for procurement and saving valuable time in the process. About Brad Wheeler.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

From 2006 to 2020, Chris played key leadership roles (including Chief Strategy Officer from 2010-2020) at Coyote Logistics (a UPS Company), a leading provider of non-asset based 3PL solutions across North America and Europe. As rates move higher, net Class 8 tractor orders spike, and incremental capacity enters. We always overdo it.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

For seven years, Amit was the chief architect of Verizon’s IoT verticals’ strategy which included telematics, transportation, and smart city segments. In that capacity, he led the acquisitions of companies such as Fleetmatics, Networkfleet and Telogis resulting in the creation of Verizon Connect.

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Ship Monk

JULY 18, 2024

Today we’re going to look at some of the consumer trends that might affect your preparations for peak season 2024, and strategies to maximize them. Make sure your fulfillment team(s) have the capacity to scale, while maintaining speed and accuracy. What can your operations team do now to ensure a successful peak season ahead?

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Material Handling and Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2021

“Businesses have put in place new supply chain strategies and established partnerships with logistics providers that can help them manage through this volatile environment.”.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 1, 2024

DAT iQ provides freight intelligence to inform your budget and procurement strategies so you can navigate market volatility with greater confidence and agility. Source capacity with precision using supply and demand metrics and forecasts. Network Analytics: Understand past, present, and future market conditions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Many major challenges of 2021—capacity constraints, ecommerce growth and driver shortage—are rolling over into 2022 and, in addition, the environment and machine learning are becoming more important for logistics and supply chain professionals. Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 28, 2023

Throughout her career, Sarah has been recognized for developing and executing sales strategies that help clients choose the best products for their needs. Over 1,300 shippers place their trust in DAT iQ’s rate and capacity analytics solutions, which empower confident decision-making and transportation planning and management.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Therefore, produce ready for shipping may be stalled due to a limited supply of equipment and trucks (hindering capacity procurement ), fewer drivers, and the pressure everywhere to move things faster, save money, and get it done without impacting the customer experience. But back to the overarching point.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Since 2011 carriers, 3PLs, shippers, and logistics technology vendors have looked to CarrierDirect to deliver the efficiency, strategy, go-to-market plans, and technology that will elevate their business above their competition. The Supply Chain Disruptions Include: Manufacturing capacity drops and become less efficient. Tony Nichols.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 9, 2023

CEOs agree that there is enough manufacturing capacity in America to address the world’s supply chain concerns. Nearly two-thirds of U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

He is responsible for driving strategy, customer engagement, and industry analysis. Real-time Market Insights: DAT provides real-time data on spot market rates, capacity availability, and lane-specific trends, enabling informed decision-making. About Ken Adamo Ken Adamo serves as the Chief of Analytics at DAT Freight & Analytics.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 22, 2022

The platform empowers brokers with pricing and capacity management tools, each driven by algorithms based on a dual market approach that reduces the fragmentation and anxiety in a broker’s world and tech stack. A graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, he has a bachelor’s degree in finance. Key Takeaways: Yet Another Tech Company.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Brian has worn many hats in his 8 years at LTI, holding various roles with responsibilities in operations, sales, pricing, customer success, and network strategy. Louis, MO offering reliable, consistent, quality capacity. Louis and got his start in the industry at Hub Group in the Highway Brokerage division.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

Your transportation consultant can help develop response strategies to ensure your supply chain continues to operate while the problem is addressed. Capacity constraints and transportation delays. Shifting consumer demand, bad weather, driver shortages, fuel prices and an array of influences conspire to shrink available capacity.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 21, 2023

Chris is the Chief Operating Officer at Flock Freight , a technology company that is on a mission to solve the US trucking industry’s wasted capacity problem. Joe Lynch and Chris Pickett discuss what’s next for the freight market.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 18, 2021

From 2006 to 2020, Chris played key leadership roles (including Chief Strategy Officer from 2010-2020) at Coyote Logistics (a UPS Company), a leading provider of non-asset based 3PL solutions across North America and Europe. As rates move higher, net Class 8 tractor orders spike, and incremental capacity enters. We always overdo it.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 3, 2024

As CEO, Sokolovsky is responsible for managing the company’s overall operations including managing the company’s organizational structure, guiding the WARP brand and overall company strategy. During his six years at AxleHire, Sokolovsky worked to push AxleHire into new verticals and sustainability partnerships.

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CLX Logistics

MAY 3, 2024

A resilient and agile supply chain strategy is not just a prudent choice—it’s a necessity, especially within the context of chemical supply chains. Challenges in Supply Chain Strategy Planning Designing a resilient and agile supply chain organization is not without its challenges.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Lynch and his team leverage data intelligence and strong industry relationships to help clients uncover transportation savings, build scalable supply chain strategies, and ace retailer compliance programs.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 13, 2022

Watson was one of the first employees at ChannelAdvisor, spending 10 years there in various executive capacities and launching many of the company’s flagship offerings. Amazon’s Retail Strategy with Rick Watson. The new service further enhances Amazon’s reputation as the best delivery provider. Rick Watson’s LinkedIn. RMW Commerce.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 31, 2023

Transportation executives have always been tasked with developing annual strategies and execution plans. And since the transportation market is cyclical, with swings in demand and capacity, every year presents new challenges. 2023 is no exception.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Nick ’s operational focus and capacity to find a path forward, no matter the challenge, make his skills indispensable when working on a project, problem, or idea. Nick and the Kinetic team helps companies define and execute marketing strategies that work, whether you are a freight broker or freight technology provider. Nick Dangles.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Insights from Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy, 2020. Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy, 2020 offers some guidance. In the report, you will find capabilities across five categories: technologies, competencies, frameworks, operating model strategies, and organizational models. Firefighting is the norm.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 21, 2021

CarrierDirect offers Management Consulting: assessment & benchmarking, capacity strategy, compensation, recruiting, onboarding, training, development, workflows, processes, supply chain resiliency, transportation & distribution strategy, sales & operational planning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Disruption has been the name of the game for more than a year as supply chain leaders have been dealing with changing buyer behaviors, inventory management challenges, labor shortages, weather and pandemic-related uncertainty, cyber security threats and capacity constraints that continue to create significant supply chain volatility.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Partnering with other companies to increase capacity, capability, and competitiveness is the new norm among logistics leaders. At Metafora, they are experts in all things transportation, logistics and supply chain strategy and technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Treating suppliers as essential partners in the field of direct spend management—almost like customers—can be a key component of a successful company strategy. Or they may have expertise in manufacturing processes and have flexible capacity to allow contract manufacturing for new product introduction. Nari Viswanathan is Sr.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 1, 2024

They design their supply chain on a continuous basis and focus on ecommerce retailing strategies that segment their customer base according to buying behavior. By implementing an adaptive supply chain solution, the manufacturer gains real-time visibility into supplier forecasts, capacity, and delivery schedules. Nari Viswanathan is Sr.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Curtis’ career has taken him through LTL operations – both driver and dock, Weights and Research, pricing, yield management, strategy, sales, and technology. It is likely to lead to higher rates, less capacity, and more reliance on other carriers for shippers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2024

service, profit, capacity) of a small number of demand scenarios (e.g. Supply chain policies and configurations are tested and leverage reinforcement learning to yield the best possible strategies. Conventional what-ifs only evaluate the outcomes (e.g. base, opportunities, and risks). This approach is too narrow in scope.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Anthony transitioned to a Corporate Economist & Consultant, advising CXO leaders and Fortune 500 companies on economic analysis, industry trends, and internal strategy. Anthony started his career in tech as a Commercialization Associate, where he identified and evaluated emerging technologies and innovations.

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